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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.

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Victim Services Alberta

Victim Services Alberta

The Alberta Police Based Victim Services Association is an Accredited non-profit organization of Victim Service Units. The Association promotes proactive leadership by providing professional development, education, minimum core training standards, mentoring and advocacy to programs providing servic

RECORDING - Where To Turn: Responding to Culturally Diverse Needs of Older Adults Experiencing Elder Abuse

CORE Alberta

the CORE Elder Abuse Group hosted a session that explored culturally diverse approaches to engaging and working with older adults who may be experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, elder abuse.

RECORDING - E-Prep: Build Your Personalized Emergency Preparedness Kit

CORE Alberta

ACCESS RECORDING HERE Please find additional resources attached.  On Nov. 9, 2021, the CORE Caregivers Group hosted an Emergency Preparedness Training with Anne McIlwaine and Katharine Heimbigner-Tenor. This interactive and educational workshop, developed by Alberta Health Services and cary

Building Anti-Fragile Partnerships

JS Daw and Associates

In Nassim Taleb’s 2012 book, Antifragile, Taleb shares the fact that there’s a big difference between being fragile, resilient, and antifragile. His idea is highly relevant for partnerships and offers an opportunity to learn how to see challenges as growth opportunities. What does this look lik

Social Prescribing Initiative Description

Alliance for Healthier Communities

As part of the effort to build collective cross-Canada momentum, the Alliance for Healthier Communities is developing a national mapping of social prescribing initiatives that they hope to launch in 2022, which will be made available online. The map is for health system and community providers,

Survey of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Alberta Family Caregivers

Sharon Anderson

Family Caregiving 18 months into the COVID-19 Pandemic: “We need to be truly valued.” Alberta’s family caregivers and the people they care for have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health protocols to control it. The pandemic exacerbated already challenged support systems

RECORDING - Continuing to serve seniors during the pandemic - Community Conversation

CORE Alberta

You can find a recording of the session attached to this post as a FILE.  Please find the event slide deck and additional resources event attached.  As the Alberta Community-Based Senior Serving (CBSS) sector navigates operational decisions and challenges related to the pandemic, CORE Alberta

211 Data for System Navigation and Planning

211 Alberta

211 Alberta is a fully-integrated provincial helpline and online searchable database to help Albertans navigate community, health, social and government services. 211 data can help planners and decision-makers understand the needs of Albertans. 211 Data Dashboards: Overall 211 Contacts: this das

What Does a Community-Based Approach to Chronic Homelessness Look Like?

Amy Costello and Frederica Boswell, Nonprofit Quarterly

Tiny Spark is a podcast of the Nonprofit Quarterly. They focus on what is required to build a more just society—in matters of race, health, the environment, and the economy. In this episode, they discuss how to ensure housing for all in the American context. Sadly, the Department of Housing and

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